Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-04
FAVORABLE FOB TIE cBops.
Renorts Prom Many Points in Dakota Indicate
pre.t, Big CROP Of Wheat.

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So far as can be learned, the storms tnas
prevailed in Dakota Tuesday the zoth
inst. did comparatively little damage TO
rowing crops. In a few places there was
heavy hail, and crops Of course suilereot
but the damage Is confined to small areas.
Along tho line OF the Manitoba ROAD ohls
one report OF damage was received tna1
was from Woleott, where il was stateu
about one thousand acres oil whea1
were damaged. Along the Northern
Pacific little damage was done, ana nDue
at all on the Hastings a Dakota me,
heavy fall of rain will be Of great Denent
30 corn. and more han Offsets any INJURY
lone by hail. At Park River the outlook
Is promising. At America there was heafy
rain, but no damage from hail. The our
look ia good for tso-thirds CT a crop. Az
Portland. Hope. Ripon, Hunter, Ihurchs
Ferry, Devils Lake. Michigan Clty' olana,
Bottineau and Larimore heavy rams
have fallen during the past two days, ana
crons are IN fine condition. At Larimore
farmers claim the yield win be the largest
on record. At Crcokston water IS stahd-
ing in low spots and damage viii result IN
less the weather changes. At Eaglo =
heavy cron OF wheat and oats are almost
assured. At Stephen estimates are ioT
twenty to twenty-five bushels oil wheae 70
the acre. At Reynolds wheat Is
ripening very slowly and dry weather
IS needed to assure a good
/ Weld. AT Grand Fork S crops are cooking
better than For years. At Ardoeh aud Gro
ton harvesting will begin this week. AT 81
| Thomas wheat is filing and maturing rap
idly and will be ready to cut o August
5. In Turner county, Oak, wheat WIZ
run about Is bushels to the acre and oats
30 bushels. There win be a heavy crop OF
corn, late rains having done great good IN
Brookings county wheat is fully
Up TO AVERAGE,
while corn is much better. At Ashton
some barley has been threshed. The out
look is very favorable, n crop predie-
tions for this locality, based upon farmer 8
statements. are: Wheat from 10 to 20
bushels per acre, or an average oil 10; bar
ley from IS to 10. or an average OF %
oats from 80 to 80, OF an average oil 3s.
Corn looks very promising. and indica-
tions are for the best crop ever raise there.
In Moody county harvesting is
pretty general. and the Indications
/ point to the largest yield for years. proba-
bly, sixteen to twenty bushels per acre.
FlaS will run about ten bushels, aud oats
not over thirty-fye. At Salem the yield
| will equal that OF last year, with the quail
ity much better. In some parts OF Deuel.
county the wheat crop is heavy, while IN
/ other localities il is light. An average
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be an overestimate for the county. Oats
arethin on the ground and short, though
well filed. An average OF a haH-crop,
or twenty bushels per acre, Is
all that can be looked for. Corn-The
acreage is more than double last year,
and the present prospect Is Tor a very
heavy crop. Harvesting has pretty gen
| orally begun around Mitchell, with re-
suits far ia excess of the expectations oil a
| few weeks ago. In Dawson county the
wheat yield will run from eight TO fifteen
bushels an acre on the average oats
will turn out poorly, except in GER
tain localities, while the earn crop
/ promised to run IRON fifty TO seventy
bushels, the best showing it has made in
three years. In Wausau, Hutchinson,
/ Aurora, Sauborn, Jerauld, Lake and Beule
| counties the average yield is fully as good,
and in the first named even better than in
the others. Early grain in stutsman
county is pretty well advanced and will be
ready for the reaper in a week or ten days.
In the immediate vicinity OF James
town crops will yield but a
small return. In this county the
wheat yield viii probably average ten bush
els, oats about forty bushels. From the
points along the
JAMESTOWN 4 NORTHERN
reports Of a most fattering yield are re-
ceiyed. At Melville, New Rockford, Sykes
| ton and other points the largest yield in
the history ofthe country is expected. The
condition on the James River Valley roads
| reported as nearly as favorable. The pres
ent condition of Kidder Co., crops is 200 per
cent. better thar anticipated three weeks
! ago. Many sections in this county viii yield
strong 20 bushels OF well. filed wheat, while
many quarter sections will average above
that. In Beadle county the yield OF wheat
oats. faS, buckWheat. eorn aud potatoes
will be greater to the acre h a any year
since 1888. Wheat will average from 10
to 90 bushels an acre; oats, 90 to 10.
Corn. potatoes, and all root crops are far
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